Random Word Post – fatuity

Brookville, Pennsylvania
December 23, 2015 6:03pm CST
I find a random word by flipping through a dictionary or using a random word generator and write a quick – often silly – little post about it. # “1. Something idiotic or stupid. 2. Imbecility; idiocy.” This comes from the Latin fatuus, or foolish. I wonder if it’s also where we get the term fathead.
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Wendy789
@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
24 Dec 15
Lol! awesome I guess I can now selectively complement someone that they are a "fatuous" person :)
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134465)
• Roseburg, Oregon
24 Dec 15
I know a lot of fatheads.
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Steve Marshall
@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
24 Dec 15
The opposite to fatheads, skinnyheads do they exist? I know skinheads, but not skinnyhead??
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Stephen L. Thompson
@oneoveralpha (434)
• Brookville, Pennsylvania
24 Dec 15
@innertalks What's worse, having a head full of fat, or air?
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Steve Marshall
@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
24 Dec 15
@oneoveralpha it depends if it's hot air, or cold air I suppose, LOL
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Peter B. Giblett
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
24 Dec 15
I look up at least one word a day in the dictionary.
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Steve Marshall
@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
24 Dec 15
Perhaps the word fatuous is related to your word. I know that one. It's an adjective that means, silly and pointless, as in "a fatuous comment" synonyms: silly, foolish, stupid, inane, nonsensical, childish, puerile, infantile, idiotic, brainless, mindless, vacuous, imbecilic, asinine, witless, empty-headed, hare-brained.
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